William westlake



y @uiten grains identit @fitte 4WILLIAM WESTLAKE, OF BRO OKIiYN, i NEW YORK.

, Letters Patent No. 66,656, dated July 9, 1867.

i IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFAGTURIN G FAUCETS.

TO 'ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, WI'LLIAMWESTLAKE, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the Method of Constructing Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, ciear, and exact description thereof,referencc being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of'reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists inmaking faucets or cocks of ca st iron, with a lining of sheet brass to the socket or eye for the key or plug, and in lining or covering the fitting part of the plug also with sheet brass, by the process hereinafter more fully described. vIIeretofore faucets have been made of cast iron and lined or hushed with brass, but in all cases the linings have also been cast and turned off on both their interior and exterior surfaces, which not only causes an unnecessary amount of labor and consumes uselessly much time, but is also a great waste of material, as there is loss of metal in the turning and fitting, and the linings prepared'by that process are required to be left much thicker than is necessary for the purposes for which they are desired, as the main purpose of lining is to prevent iron cocks from rusting, which they do so rapidly as to prevent their use for general purposes, notwithstanding they can be made at a much less expense. Although iron faucets with brass linings have been made at a reduced costof material, the great waste of brass, and the Atime consumed in casting, turning, and tting cast linings, has made their cost equal to solid brass, so that, though long known in that mode of manufacture, they have never come into general use, and have never been known in lthe trade or generalmanufacture of faucets. All of these difficulties of munufacturearc overcome by my method of constructing them. I make them entirely of sheet brass, which, owing to the manipulations used in its manufacture, is of a finer and better quality than cast brass, and when properly formed the linings madeiby me fit the socket, and also the plug, without any turning or other preparation than that used in for-ming them, and when ready to be ground together or ground in, it can be done in less than one-fourth ofthe time required to fgrind in cast ones, as, when the foi-mers are perfect, they almost always fit, so that scarcely any grinding is required; and as they can be cut and formed from sheet brass in less time than cast ones can be cleaned and turned, the entire time occupied by the casting and the expense thereof a-re saved, and are thereby made much cheaper than solid brass or iron with cast brass linings, l

To enable others skilled in the art to make my improved iron faucets with brassflinings, by my method, I will proceed to describe the same. The drawings, forming a part of this specification, show only that part ,of the body of the faucet (l) which has the socket and the plug.

Figure 1 is a side View of the body ofthe faucet, with the plug in place.

Figure'2 is a. front' view of the same, showing the passage through the lining and through the plug.

Figure?) isa top view of the body, with the plug removed; and

Figure 4 is a view of the plug.

I cast the body of the faucet in any of the known forms, of malleable cast iron, and' bore or ream out the..

socket-hole, when it is ready for the lining. I also cast, of the same metal, the plug, 'either with or without suitable appendages foroperating it, and turn off .the bearing portion to a suitable size to receive its lining.

When all of the turning required is completed, I then take sheet brass, and with a suitable die or swage made for that purpose, and cut therefrom a piece, which, when its side edges are brought together, will form a tapering or conical cylinder, a, which, when made for the socket, will be slightly larger than the hole. I then usually solder or braze it together, although it is not necessary, as it is soma-.de that the joint is at the side, and no evil effects will be produced if not soldered at all. Before bending the` plate of s heet metal so cut on or in the former, I cut holes through it with a. suitable die, so that, when driven in, these holes will correspond with the hollow of the pipe or faucetg. I then drive it into the socket, whereby it is made to conform to and pressagainst all parts of tlic socket firmly. 4I then solder it in place by the process usually called soaking, and trim the ends, when it is completed. A lining, b, prepared in a similar way, by similar dies, made Ijust enough smaller to make it fit perfectly the inside of thelone just described, when it is soldered to the brazing part of the plug, either with or without being brazed, but I prefer brazing for this one. It is then ready to be ground ini When every tool is in order they will be found to 4fit so Well that they can be grou-nd in in a few moments, with oil and emery, and even without their use; band in this respect a great saving is made, as in cast brass much time is required to grind them in properly. When ground in, they are secured in plage by :my of the usual methods, and make a cheap, durable, and complete faucet or cock. v It will be obvious that this process @en be applied to any form of faucet, aud to east, cest malleable, op Wrought iren.

What I claim es new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The method, herein described, of making` faucets or coc substantially as specified. i WILLIAM WESTLAKE,

Witnesses:

JAMES M. NIeHOLs, WALTER F. METCALF ks partly of east iron lamd partly of sheet 'brass,' 

